Zeroport raises $10 Million Seed for Non-IP Remote Access Solution
The podcasts I regularly listen to are filled with advertisements for Virtual Private Networks (VPN). These are touted as a way to conduct secure sessions while working, for example, at a coffee house. Side benefits accrue, as well, for example watching your local...
Why Wasn’t 2025 The Fantastic Year of AI?
Cal Newport’s year-end wrap-up of AI in 2025 echoes Dr. Seuss and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Check out his podcast Ep 386: Was 2025 a Great or Terrible Year for AI? (w/ Ed Zitron). For added bonus points, read his newsletter Why Didn’t AI “Join the...
Product Development and Apple
I downloaded Apple’s latest operating systems OS26, iOS26, iPadOS26 with the famous redesigns. After hearing so much about their development and betas, turns out that they are, well, OK. Not good. Not better. Not that bad. Just different. I think different just to be...
Siemens Unveils Technologies and Applications at CES 2026
Siemens seems to have found a home at CES over the past few years. I don’t know what it costs to give a keynote, but it’s probably well worth it, since no other major automation supplier seems to attend. I did write about a robotic exhibitor in my last post. Oh, and...
Robotics Palletizing Solution At CES
I haven’t been to a general technology trade show for years. Going to the manufacturing mecca known as Hannover costs more than I wish to pay for the experience. My company exhibited at the old Comdex in Las Vegas and Chicago back in the late 80s-early 90s. That...
Siemens Offers a Starter Pack
I’m catching up on some pre-holiday news. Companies have been developing custom packages to (hopefully) make things easier for customers to know what to purchase and apply. This is a unique little package. Siemens is offering a starter pack for small and medium sized...
The Big Regression
When the folks at 37signals released a new email client in 2020, I jumped on it. I love HEY. An added bonus is a client for sending email newsletters. You can find mine here. I’ve been involved with electronics most of my life. Gadgets. Tools. Ways to make things...
Trends and Predictions
I have shunned new year predictions for the entire time I’ve been writing about technology and manufacturing. As has been said (attributed to physicist Niels Bohr and philosopher Yogi Berra), predictions are hard, especially about the future. Usually these reflect...
How Capitalism Can Save Capitalism
The Case for Stakeholder Capitalism. I saw this on Keith Teare’s That Was The Week newsletter. I’m not particularly a fan of Andrew Keen. He’s a bit more cynical and conservative than I. But this image portrays a problem capitalism’s image in America (and more?) has....
NIST Launches Centers for AI in Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure
I wonder how many technology firms with headquarters in the US consider themselves American and how many think (thought?) they are global. Before MAGA, these were global companies by my observation. Suddenly it dawned on many that there is actually another country vs...
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